One of my favorite buildings in downtown St Paul is the Jemne building. It’s dwarfed by the...
Twin Cities Area
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Today, The Blaisdell is a wedding and event venue with cozy places to gather with your nearest and...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Wilder Public Baths
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Saint Paul Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Swinford Townhomes
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Swinford Apartments
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Gates of Stonebridge
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Greater Minnesota
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Around the turn of the twentieth century, Nicollet County had eight rural crossroads hamlets. While...
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Although the local resort industry near Detroit Lakes stretches back to the 1870s, it wasn’t until...
Old Brewery In Preston
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Green Lake Mounds
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Endion School In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Exploring Ottawa
State Theater In Hutchinson
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Little Marais Inn
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Historic Wasioja
Welcome To Old Wadena
Moving Old Hibbing
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lost Highway 61
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Moderne New Ulm Library
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Welcome to Hanska
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Enter Marlon Brando
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Jordan Brewery Complex
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Red Wing Iron Works
Welcome To Dotson
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
District 48 School Near Delano
Hollywood Town Hall
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Church of the Holy Cross
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Welcome To Cobden
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Ruins of Sawyer School
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Exploring Sandstone
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Old School In Wolverton
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Visiting Golden Gate
The Duluth Homestead Project
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Bend in the River Regional Park
Endion Depot In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Historic Franconia
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Little Falls Depot
The End of the Line in Currie
The Almelund Creamery
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Almond White and the Motley Castle
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Le Sueur Theater
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hanover Bridge
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Florence Town Hall
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Milford Monument
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Dead Good Walks
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

